Abstract

The electrical transport properties of (110)-oriented PrBa2(Cu0.8Ga0.2)3O7 (PBCGO) thin films have been investigated. The electrical resistivity,ρ(T), of (110)-oriented PBCGO thin films is 8.91 × 105 Ω-cm at 77 K, about five orders of magnitude higher than that of the (110)-oriented PrBa2Cu3O7thin films and follows Mott’s T−1/4 law up to room temperature. Our experimental results suggest filling and localization of holes in Cu-O chains of (110)-oriented PBCGO thin films. We observed very less proximity effect on YBa2Cu3O7 (YBCO)/PBCGO multilayers indicating that the (110)-oriented PBCGO thin films may serve as effective insulators in YBCOSIS tunneling Josephson junction.